Snake Identification

[Tim Benzedrine]

You are quite welcome. If you ever hear any similar claims, let me know. I'd like to know if it is an actual piece of folklore or just a fabrication made up to pull peoples legs. Which is probably the motivation for most folklore, now that I think about it.
Heck, as far as I know, the fellow that have made the story up on the spot, but I really don't think so. Mainly because he did not claim to witness the feat, just that he had heard of it.

So far searches have reveled nothing, but I did tun on to an account of the "Howler Monkey Snake", a creature with the head of a howler monkey and the body of a boa constrictor. That one was new to me also

 

[Crotalus]

I have a couple of swedish tales:

Viper females climb up a tree to give birth so the babies drop to the ground othervise they bite and kill her

The same species can roll up to a wheel by biting its tail and roll down a hill to escape predators


/Lelle

 

[Schlyne]

Yeah I agree Gopher or Bull snake. They seem to be pretty common pets too, I know my father used to have one when he was a kid. They can get up to about 6 feet long too I think.

They are fun pet snakes. Gopher's will puff up a bit and hiss and will rattle their tails like rattlesnakes. They are not venemous. I own a pair of gopher snakes myself.